Story Time: What April Was Supposed to Be for Me VS What It Really Was

Hello awesome people, happy Saturday everyone, happy first of May and welcome back to Victorious Pages!

First of all, I would like to thank you all for your patience and support this past month. It was really hard for me to keep coming back here and repeating my content over and over again, without actually having something new and fresh to bring to the table. I’m still not 100% ok, but I think this little break helped me one tiny bit, and I honestly hope that I will be able to come back and keep writing on the blog on a regular, weekly basis.

Plus, I really missed you guys. I missed our weekly interactions and the sense of belonging this community has made me feel over the past four years. You’ve been here for me through good times and bad ones, and for that I will always be grateful.

Which is why, before returning to our fully bookish content, I would like to share with you how April was for me. Or, as I said in the title of this post, what April was supposed to be for me VS what it truly was.

All in all, how April was… in a nutshell.

First of all, let me tell you that, with the arrival of spring, things at our family business became more hectic. I was working at least 10 hours every day AND I had to work on my new business, bookbrewed, my little book-subscription box, which is turning out beautifully.

I didn’t really mind the amount of work, because I do love what I’m doing. The only thing is that I didn’t really have time for anything else. I normally finished from work around 7pm, had some dinner, had a bath and by the time I walked into my bedroom, it was already 10pm.

It’s truly a miracle that I managed to finish four books in April and made some serious progress on two more. Specifically speaking, in April, I read Heiress Apparently, by Diana Ma, A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness, The Chosen Ones, by Veronica Roth, and Shadow & Bone, by Leigh Bardugo. You can expect full-length, and sometimes packed with spoilers, reviews in the coming days and weeks.

What’s more, I made some serious progress on Chain of Iron, by Cassandra Clare and a Greek novel, which I should’ve already finished, but I blame work for not having done so yet. Still, I’m more than determined to finish these two, as well as Crooked Kingdom, by Leigh Bardugo, Soul of Cinder, by Bree Barton, and, hopefully, Sing Me Forgotten, by Jessica S. Olson, this month. I have really great expectations about all of them and I hope that they won’t disappoint me.

Other than reading every night (or almost every night), April had one certain highlight that truly felt like a spark of light in my personal darkness.

This highlight was, naturally, the Shadow & Bone show on Netflix!

I don’t even know where to begin. I have so many emotions about this book-to-series adaptation and there will be a full-length post about this, as well, so all I’m gonna say for the time being is that I absolutely ADORED it with every fibre of my being!

Oh! And… Darklina for life! And Milo, the goat, the softest of the Crows. If you know, you know.

All in all, April was supposed to be the month where I’d find inner balance again, I would recharge my batteries and I would have some time to relax. Well, to be honest… That didn’t really happen.

Sure, I got some perspective again and I focused all my energy and creativity to my work, plus I have some amazing books to thank for reminding me what’s truly important in life, like the fact that I became an auntie for the third time on April 25th. Still, I can’t say I recharged my batteries. Not in the slightest.

But, after writing this post, and after working again on my WIPs, I remembered how much I love this craft and how calmer I feel when I put my thoughts and emotions onto paper (or in this case, screen), so I wanna believe that things will get better. Soon.

Let me know in the comment section down below how April was for you, if you have read any of the books mentioned here, if you liked them, and how many times you’ve binge-watched Shadow & Bone already!

Thank you all so very much for stopping by once again. It honestly means the world to me and I want you to know that I most certainly don’t take your presence here for granted.

Till next time… Toodles!